3+ day, 2+ hour ago   (944+ words) Shatter the Standards Album Review: Westside Whimsy by Jhené Aiko Six years after Chilombo, Jhené Aiko drives the whole California promise to the edge of the Pacific, then turns around and sings to the coast that raised her. California’s State…...

4+ day, 16+ hour ago   (749+ words) Shatter the Standards Album Review: ATTITUDE ERA! by Natanya Six years into a catalog she built alone, Natanya makes her first full-length a course in asking for exactly what she wants. That’s the thing about trying to enter the world…...

5+ day, 20+ hour ago   (704+ words) Shatter the Standards Album Review: LOCKED IN by Nemzzz On LOCKED IN, Nemzzz prices every relationship against the work and never apologizes for it. When Dizzee Rascal’s Boy in da Corner swept up the 2003 Mercury Prize in September, American radio…...

6+ day, 4+ hour ago   (1104+ words) Shatter the Standards Milestones: The Melodic Blue by Baby Keem Five years after a 20-year-old executive produced his own debut, The Melodic Blue is the family memoir Baby Keem buried inside a party record. Every few years, Hykeem Carter moved…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (953+ words) Shatter the Standards Album Review: Invincible Summer by Levina Ten years inside a major-label machine taught Levina to doubt her own judgment. Her independent debut is about the people who taught it back. Invincible Summer is the long-awaited alternative soul…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (798+ words) Shatter the Standards Album Review: Growing Pains by Dono A Cincinnati singer built her first album around the counsel of the women who raised her, and it is one of the year’s best R&B debuts. “This Little Light of…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (45+ words) Shatter the Standards Milestones: Birds in the Trap Sing McKnight by Travis Scott Travis Scott’s second LP is a monument to curation over authorship, and it accidentally became one of the blueprints for modern rap....

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (2103+ words) Shatter the Standards August 2026 Roundups: The Best Albums of the Month From Busta Rhymes rapping Dilla’s vault to Phoebe Bridgers ending a six-year silence, from Rapsody’s five-star triumph to Open Mike Eagle's breakup comedy. Here are the best albums of…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (55+ words) Shatter the Standards Album Review: Don’t Look Down by Rod Wave On his seventh album, Rod Wave sings his recovery to his mother, his women, and his promoter, and the money does the certifying every time. Favorite Track(s): “Look…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (68+ words) Shatter the Standards Album Review: DOTOM: Death of the Old Me by Queen Herawin & PA. Dre As her third solo album, the Bronx emcee who joined the Juggaknots after her brothers founded them stages a midlife shedding as group work,…...